Flower & Snake
花と蛇
Shizuka is the aristocratic wife of the president of a large company. When she wants to divorce her domineering husband, he orders his employee Yoshi, the son of an adult toy store owner, to train his wife to become sexually submissive.
Why it matters
A provocative dive into 1970s Japanese ero-guro cinema that fuses eroticism with unsettling power dynamics.
- Pioneer of the SM-themed pinku eiga, blending fetishistic visuals with sharp social critique.
- Director Masaru Konuma's precise framing turns taboo into artful, oppressive atmosphere.
- Not for casual viewers—its explicit content and psychological control themes challenge comfort zones.
- Captures Japan’s postwar tensions around gender, authority, and corporate patriarchy through a lurid lens.
Director
2 horror films in catalog
Cast
Horror DNA
Gore
28
Slow Burn
66
Psychological
86
Supernatural
0
Creature
0
Disturbing
83
Fun Factor
0
Cerebral
85
Survival
0
